Woodlands restaurant trash bin fire is extinguished

CHARLIE BIER, Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

Published 6:30 am, Thursday, December 9, 2004

A large fire burning Friday in a metal trash bin behind the Taco Bell restaurant, 4490 Panther Creek Pines, was put out with 400 gallons of water by firefighters, who also used long poles to upend the contents of the bin.

The fire, the origin of
which is unknown, was discovered by a restaurant manager who found the blaze as he was leaving for the night, according to The Woodlands Fire Department reports.

Waste truck dumps hydraulic fuel

Fire crews mopped up spilled hydraulic fluid Dec. 1 from a ruptured garbage truck line that dumped an estimated two to three gallons of the fluid on a 6-square-foot area of a residential driveway, 1600 block of North Red Cedar Circle, according to The Woodlands Fire Department reports.

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